Most China Mobile subscribers who want an iPhone already have one. Unlike the US, the Chinese by their phones outright with no contract.
This silliness is the latest ignorant piece of FUD floating around out there.
No.
Just no.
You fail at technology understanding. Completely. Their network only JUST got TDE-LTE. iPhone 5S & 5C became the FIRST PHONES ON THE PLANET to support their new technology.
If you don't think much faster internet is enticing to consumers, feel free to google early 2000s broadband adoption rates..... or you know, just ask ANYBODY or use common sense.
All the people who (according to you) "already have one" on China Mobile, prior to now, could have:
1)iPhone 3G- slow & dated, with slow net
2)iPhone 3GS- slow & dated, with slow net
3)iPhone 4- sluggish with iOS 7, with slow net
4)iPhone 4S- speedy enough, too bad the slow net will keep them from using its banner feature, Siri
5)iPhone 5- spent a ton to buy outright....? Bummer that this phone supports blazing fast 4G on EVERY network in the world but yours. Must suck being held back by that slow net.
(I hope by now you are sensing a pattern!!!!!)
Their options now:
1)iPhone 5C- fast, new, faster mobile internet than they've ever had
2)iPhone 5S- most premier phone currently manufactured.. silly speedy, coupled with newly available 4G!
Your ridiculous statement is either claiming that:
1)nobody cares about 4G in China, somehow it is the one market in the world not excited by this & it will not affect anybody's buying decisions
or....
2)even though the new iPhones are selling briskly worldwide.... & have nowhere NEAR completed their sales cycle.. or even sales cycle half-life... in China EVERY single last one of China Mobile's customers that wanted one- already got their hands on one
Both equally preposterous.
I'm caling you out & anybody else that tries to drag out this foolish claim and bandy it about...